Marianne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, May 14th, 1950, Near Laasphe. Car accident after the baptism of Albrecht Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein. Ludwig Sayn-Wittgenstein with Beatrix Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, Hella of Bavaria and Clementine von Croy. © SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN COLLECTION.

VIENNA, AUSTRIA.- KunstHaus Wien will present Sayn-Wittgenstein – Photographs by Princess Marianne Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, on view from March 8 to May 13, 2007. She is well-known and not only popular in the world of the beautiful, rich and famous –it is also impossible to imagine that world without her. She has been virtually born with a camera in her hand and her experiences of everyday life and the Jet Set cannot be understood other than through the eyes of that camera. (courtesy www.Artdaily.org)

Marianne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn as young bride, 1942. © SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN COLLECTION